View Full Version : Ghost Stories of the Pines
MikeBickerson
07-12-04, 10:06 PM
It's that time of year again, time to sit around a fire and tell some ghost stories that'll leave everyone staring up at the tent rooves to all hours of the night. Anybody know any good ones?
Not Pine Barrens related, but:
http://www.holyshiite.com/caver/
Does not seem to have an ending
Jello454
07-16-04, 07:39 AM
Where is the ending and or what happened??????????????????
I want to know I'm into it!!!!!!!!
Jello
NJ and the pines need a new monster / ghost story. The NJ devil never scarred anybody. My two year laughs at drawings of Misses Leads 13th child.
How about one of us starts new story and where the previous person leaves off, the next person continues?
NJ and the pines need a new monster / ghost story. The NJ devil never scarred anybody. My two year laughs at drawings of Misses Leads 13th child.
How about one of us starts new story and where the previous person leaves off, the next person continues?
Well it may have not scared anyone in recent times but several books I read have stated that some schools and businesses closed down one week in the 1800s.
I can imagine reporting to work and hearing "GO HOME" The Devil is nearby. Some how I don't think that would fly today :wink:
I forgot about that. I rented a short documentary from the Gloucester County Library "Missis Leeds 13th Child". The closings were mentioned in that documentary.
I showed my 2 year old a picture of the NJ Devil and she told me that it was silly.
I forgot about that. I rented a short documentary from the Gloucester County Library "Missis Leeds 13th Child". The closings were mentioned in that documentary.
I showed my 2 year old a picture of the NJ Devil and she told me that it was silly.
Was the documentary any good?
Ken
It was all right. They told one or two stories about people having a NJ devil experience that I did not hear before. The library also had a short documentary on the pines. That was less interesting.
It was all right. They told one or two stories about people having a NJ devil experience that I did not hear before. The library also had a short documentary on the pines. That was less interesting.
I often wonder how the creators of the 13th Child could have fouled up such a good story that dates back so far and was so popular.
You would think that this could've been a great horror story.
There seems to be no middle-ground on horror movies; they're either great or horrible.
Ken
What about the Atco Ghost at the end of Burnt Mill?
There's always dorks looking for that one on any given Fri/Sat night.
What about the Atco Ghost at the end of Burnt Mill?
There's always dorks looking for that one on any given Fri/Sat night.
I've never heard of that one. How far back does this one date back to?
Ken
What about the Atco Ghost at the end of Burnt Mill?
There's always dorks looking for that one on any given Fri/Sat night.
I've never heard of that one. How far back does this one date back to?
Ken
I would say 30 years perhaps?
Here are two interesting links:
http://www.sjpr.org/atcocem.html
http://atcoghost.com/
There's things all over the web about it.
It's funny how the uninitated describe how the road turns into a "tree tunnel", a scary dirt road etc.
Because Burnt Mill, by pine barrens standards, is a superhighway of a dirt road. It's 15-20 feet wide and clear straight through. I'de like to show some of these people a -real- "tree tunnel" some time ;)
Oh and I've regularly ventured down it in the middle of the night and have never encountered paranormal. What I -have- encountered, which is scarier imho, is drunken hicks and wackos. One time two summers ago I was back there with some friends at 2am night hiking and we ended up being shot at and running for our lives.
Fun stuff.
aserdaten
07-22-04, 12:02 PM
Is a "tree tunnel" road the same as a "canopy road". where trees growing on both sides spread branches so as to shade the entire roadway? That kind of so-named road is common in this part of Central Florida, and there are often signs at the beginning of each section advising motorists of the approaching canopy road (why that's necessary, I don't know).
The forums have been very quiet over the past three days. Could it be because Renee's postings are missing from the site?
Piney1125
07-22-04, 08:44 PM
Does this Burnt Mill Road have any relation or connection with the one in Cherry Hill and Voorhees?
BEHR655
07-22-04, 10:35 PM
Does this Burnt Mill Road have any relation or connection with the one in Cherry Hill and Voorhees?
I think they are spelled the same. :mrgreen:
Sometimes the tree cover can make the road so dark that if you have sunglasses on you may have difficulty seeing.
wolfspider05
03-10-05, 10:15 PM
I've been back by Burnt Mill a few times look for the famous ghost, never seen anything strange. I have asked plenty of people and even looked in town records and there is actually nothing on file of a boy getting hit and killed on the road.
diggersw
04-09-05, 04:54 PM
How about using the story by McMahon in his Pine Barrens: Legends, Lore and Lies about the ghost at Wheatland. I did some research on this legend of a spectral haunting at the "Pasadena Terra Cotta Co." (actually, the Brooksbrae Brick Works), and found that there is a historical basis to the story.
There was an unfortunate demise at the factory when two Polish-emigres were claimed by a house fire. It turns out that just after some migrant railroad workers held a strike blocking the railroad at Brooksbrae, the brick company sent a caretaker out to keep watch over the factory. He and his wife were only there a single chilly night. Due to the chill of the night, the caretaker lit a fire in the house's stove, completely unaware that the flue was clogged. During the night carbon monoxide backed up into the place and suffocated the couple in their sleep, and the resultant chimney fire razed the remainder of the house. It was not until some cranberry bog workers at Bullock noticed the smoke rising above the trees the next morning that anyone knew what had happened. The State Police investigated claims of foul-play and dismissed the case as a simple chimney fire.
The locals, however, had a different take on the tale. This version was recorded in both Beck's Forgotten Towns, and in McMahon's Legends,etc... In fact, a story about this haunting also wound up in Weird NJ. But, who knows if the place really is haunted or not. Either way, it makes for an interesting story.
Scott W.
That reminds me of the tragedy at Lebanon Forest Campsites a couple miles from Pasadena. A newly married young couple used charcoal briquets to heat the inside of the tent. They were found dead in the tent the next day.
Windsor
08-14-05, 07:16 PM
What about the Atco Ghost at the end of Burnt Mill?
There's always dorks looking for that one on any given Fri/Sat night.
I was one of those dorks in the summer of 1992. At the time I was driving a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 and was fresh out of high school. I had heard of the Atco ghost by some friends that I worked with. My friend and I were in the front two seats. Another friend and his girlfriend were in the back seat. Back then the pavement did a dead end, forming sort of a cul de sac. Written on the asphalt there were pentagrams, 666, etc... We even saw a bright red light far back in the woods. Never the less, this is what we did:
I had heard two stories. One being a drunken driver and the other being drag racers. So, like I had heard, I drove down the road, swerving like I was a drunk driver. Once we got to the end of the road, I turned the car around, flashed the lights three times and shut off the engine. The two in the back were goofing around and not really looking. However, my friend and I slowly saw a small figure form under that street light. Honest to God, it looked like a small boy, dribbling a ball. There was not enough detail to decipher a face, but it was definitely a figure on two legs. We were both 'deer in headlights' over this. The figure was dribbling a ball and walking, yet it never got any closer to us.
I can't say that we were scared, but we were incredibly uncomfortable. I tried to start the Mustang. Like in a horror movie, it wouldn't start. I realized I had my foot on the gas the whole time, effectively flooding the carburetor. After repeated tries, the Mustang fired and we were out of there.
As we passed, I looked for reflective materials that could have formed an illusion. All I found was a galvanized cyclone fence post, definitely not reflective.
I tried to go back again I guess about a month afterward. I did the swerving thing, only to be pulled over by a cop and given reckless driving ticket.
If this was indeed a manifestation, the only thing I could think triggered it over others was if he was indeed killed by drag racers. My car was modified and loud. Perhaps that got his attention? I really don't know. I would go back, but I have heard the road has been built up now and would not be kind to a car sitting on the side of the road.
Take it for what you will.
TeeGate
08-14-05, 09:15 PM
I have been in a 1971 Mach 1 with a 429 many times in the early 70's, and I can say for sure the people in the back seat were just trying to get comfortable. That was the most cramped back seat I have ever been in! But I loved that car! The man who owned it would pick my friend and I up at Lenape and we would drive 100 MPH down Church road racing the Road Runners, all the while the extra wide rear tires scraping the sides of the car from our extra weight. Good times my friend...good times :)
Guy
THe road is the same as it always was. A few houses and the road dead ends where there is some sort of sewage plant at the end. Always went back there for fun. What people are actually seeing is a reflective post about 1/4 to 1/2 mile up the road on the left. I have been back there enough to know. One night we did go back to scare people coming back and I did see something weird. A shadow figure walked right in front of me. Believe me or not I saw something but the boy with the ball is BS. Its a reflective light post. Everytime I go back i see the post before I get to the end of the road. Not sure if there was really a kid killed.
hey 4x4 where is the road at near atco,i work in the area and i'm trying to picture the sewage plant and burnt mill rd ,but it evades m,e
going south on the white horse pike you bear left and go over the bridge leading to the old white horse pike. burnt mill road is just on the other side of the bridge and you go all the way down the road, the sewage plant is around the end of the pavement.
Hey Tom Wamba is correct. Head south on WHP til a curve in the road to the right. There was an old gas station thats not working anymore on left. Vere left up the hill to the SKINNY railroad bridge. Hang a right. Burnt mill is down not even an 1/8 of a mile on the left. Hand a left and go to the end. Sewage plant is on the left. There is an alternate route also that will take you from the dirt path to burnt mill road. Go down Jackson road and before you hit the Raceway on the left make a right onto Treumont Ave. Take that to the end where it turns into dirt. Go all the way to the end where it Tees off and hang a right. Voula. Burnt mill road. It isnt a scary road anymore when you take the dirt path way because your like "I know this road". Cool trails back there. I like screwing with the people trying to see the ghost hehe.:jd:
BambamNJ
09-14-08, 06:21 PM
Has anyone else heard the story of Caranza Memorial?
What I heard was that some Mexican pilot was trying to prove himself, inspired by the flight of Charles Lindbergh. He made the trip from Mexico to New York City but then was grounded due to rain for three days. On the third day he received notification from the Mexican government that he was to leave immediatly. He took off and crashed only 50 miles from the airport, in the NJ Pine Barren's in Tabernacle, NJ. He was found in the woods the next day by blueberry pickers, with a flashlight imbedded in his right hand.
The lore side of this story is that if you go out to the Carranza Memorial in Tabernacle on any rainy night, you can sometimes hear a small plane fly over head and crash into the pines and that some people can hear voices speaking in spanish and that these voices come from all around you.
Another account says you have to get out of your car and go and put your hand on the Monument and say the name Emilio and if you remain quiet you will here someone speaking in spanish and see a light appear and disappear in the woods. This is supposed to be the pilot walking through the woods with the flashlight that was imbedded in his hand.
I have been to the Monument at night. It is indeed scary to be there but I have never experienced anything paranormal when I was there. It's a great place to tell spooky stories and get scared though.
I was one of those dorks in the summer of 1992. At the time I was driving a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 and was fresh out of high school. I had heard of the Atco ghost by some friends that I worked with. My friend and I were in the front two seats. Another friend and his girlfriend were in the back seat. Back then the pavement did a dead end, forming sort of a cul de sac. Written on the asphalt there were pentagrams, 666, etc... We even saw a bright red light far back in the woods. Never the less, this is what we did:
I had heard two stories. One being a drunken driver and the other being drag racers. So, like I had heard, I drove down the road, swerving like I was a drunk driver. Once we got to the end of the road, I turned the car around, flashed the lights three times and shut off the engine. The two in the back were goofing around and not really looking. However, my friend and I slowly saw a small figure form under that street light. Honest to God, it looked like a small boy, dribbling a ball. There was not enough detail to decipher a face, but it was definitely a figure on two legs. We were both 'deer in headlights' over this. The figure was dribbling a ball and walking, yet it never got any closer to us.
I can't say that we were scared, but we were incredibly uncomfortable. I tried to start the Mustang. Like in a horror movie, it wouldn't start. I realized I had my foot on the gas the whole time, effectively flooding the carburetor. After repeated tries, the Mustang fired and we were out of there.
As we passed, I looked for reflective materials that could have formed an illusion. All I found was a galvanized cyclone fence post, definitely not reflective.
I tried to go back again I guess about a month afterward. I did the swerving thing, only to be pulled over by a cop and given reckless driving ticket.
If this was indeed a manifestation, the only thing I could think triggered it over others was if he was indeed killed by drag racers. My car was modified and loud. Perhaps that got his attention? I really don't know. I would go back, but I have heard the road has been built up now and would not be kind to a car sitting on the side of the road.
Take it for what you will.
Almost same thing happened to me, summer of 93 or 94. I actually brought my parents back a few months later and not only did we see it again, my dad who was driving ( and is not prone to the supernatural saw someone in the rearview) we took off
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